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What’s in a name?

Started by schwa · 10 months ago

You’d think that a rather uncommon last name like “Wight” would be a relatively easy name for others to spell correctly. It is uncommon enough that I’ve never met any other Wights outside of “my family“. And yet people seem to h ... Continue reading »

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  • somegeekintn

    1 year ago

    Wight can't possibly cause as much trouble as Fleser. Be thankful. Not only can I count on one hand the number of times it has been pronounced correctly the first time, the misspellings are innumerable. A cousin has taken the trouble to add a line over the first e:

    http://www.chordprogression.com/

    I should ask him someday if it actually helps. Most pronounce it Fleh-sir, instead of the Flee-sir as it should be. Although that pronunciation was decided upon by someone in New York when my ancestors immigrated around 1840. Near as I can tell the original spelling was Flößer, somehow that became Fleser.
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  • Jonathan G

    1 year ago

    it's 8 letters!!! c'mon people! you've never seen the name "jonathan" before?? so annoying...
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  • Julie Betterton

    7 months ago

    Hello there Mr Jonathan Wight aka Isle of wight from bidbury!!! Hows u? Bet u dont remember me?
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  • Julie Betterton

    7 months ago

    So many people also get my surname wrong - it's easy really!
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  • schwa

    7 months ago

    Hey Julie,

    My word. What has it been - 25 years? I don't know - something like that! How are you? I'm doing really well. I'll check out your friendsreunited page.
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